Barbara said:
>I use it -- along with my hands -- to get a quick check of the
>situation.  If I get a reading of above 101 oral equiv, I then take one
>another way, either axillary or rectal or oral depending on the victim, >er, patient.  I use it as a diagnostic tool.

This is exactly how I use mine except it's got to read *really* high
(like 103 or more) for me to take an oral or axillary too.  After all,
it rarely matters *exactly* what their temperature is.  I try not to
take it at all because once I get a number I feel the need to see if
it's gone up or down every 4 hours or so.  Once they've had a fever for
more than 3 days or so I start wanting to know numbers.  And, if they
feel really, really hot I want to know the number although it still
rarely makes any difference.  I try to apply my univeral test:  what
would a cave mother do?  Tepid bath, nurse, nurse, nurse...

Dee Thompson      <[log in to unmask])
in stormy Beaufort, SC where the weather siren wailed all night long and
I just now got to turn the computer back on.